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Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
IntroductionNovember 1977, Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in his home before the funeral, attended by 20,000 mourners at King…
PlaceAlbertinia, Mossel Bay- The Garden Route
Village some 50 km West of Mossel Bay. It was laid out in 1900 on the farm Grootfontein and became a Municipality in 1920. The name is derived from the surname…
EventNiel van der Watt, SA composer is born
Born Gerhardus Daniel van der Watt in Pretoria, Niel van der Walt is a composer well known for his choral compositions. He comes from a family of teachers. He…
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
The town councils of Vosloorus and Reiger Park staged a consumer boycott in Boksburg on the East Rand (now Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng). The boycott, by…
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
On 4 April 1939 Hugh Ramopolo Masekela, South African musician, was born in Witbank, South Africa. Masekela grew up playing the piano and at a young age was…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies
A political activist and Chairman of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo died on 19 September, 1983, after having lapsed into a…
PlaceOrkney, North West Province
Orkney is a small Town in the North West Province just outside Klerksdorp. It was established around, and known primarily for, its gold mining opportunities,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Tomichi Murayama Tokyo, 5 July 1995
Your Excellency, Mr. Tomichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan; Excellencies; Ladies and Gentlemen. Since we arrived in your beautiful country, we have…
ArchiveANC womens section : South African women march to freedom
List of womens demands reprinted by the Federation of South African Women as set out in the 1955 Congress of the People. Green, yellow, black and white…
ArchiveThe Fragility of Existence by David Goldblatt (www.aperture.org), 6 February 2018
Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Gottlieb plays traditional Damara music at the funeral of Ouma Juliana ǂÛ-khui ǁAreses on the family farm beneath the Dâures. Uis…
PlaceBakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-Air Museum, in Polokwane
Experience the warm hospitality and rich Culture of the Basotho people in the 'Bakone Malapa Museum'. The Bakone, a sub-group of the Northern Sotho Cultural…
EventMac Maharaj is born
Sathyandranath Ragunanan (Mac) Maharaj, political activist and first SA Minister of Transport in the democratically elected government in 1994, was born in…
EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu was executed by the Apartheid regime for being part of an abortive attempt by African National Congress (ANC) members to…
Albert Luthuli’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1961
Your Majesty, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, here present! On an occasion like this words fail one. This is the most important occasion not only in my…
PlacePlumstead
Plumstead was developed on the site of an old VOC Military Camp some 13km South of Cape Town and, by 1823, was already a growing Village. The Cape Town-Wynberg…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
The African National Congress (ANC) threatened in an open letter to President F. W. de Klerk to suspend constitutional negotiations until the government meets…
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
Thirteen people were killed and eighteen injured in an attack on Soweto residents after an Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rally at Jabulani Stadium. In the…
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
Action started on 27 February developed into a countrywide truck drivers' strike on 1 March. The strike involved over 35,000 workers, who were demanding a wage…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
South African soccer team Bafana Bafana played against the German national soccer team in an international friendly match, in Dusseldorf in Germany. The game…
EventThe father of Rosalind Ballingall joins the search for his missing daughter
Rosalind Ballingall was a student at the University of Cape Town (UCT) who reportedly disappeared in the Knysna Forest. The daughter of a Rand Mine's executive…
EventThe United Nations (UN) imposes sanctions on Libya
The United Nations (UN) imposed sanctions on Libya for refusing to hand over two men suspected of bombing the Pan Am flight 103. Seven years later (1999),…
EventJustice Coetzee refuses to lift banishment on four Black newspapers
In the Rand Supreme Court, Justice Coetzee, refused to lift the banning order on four Black newspapers, the Post Transvaal, Saturday Post, Sunday Post and the…
EventBishop Ambrose Reeves returns to South Africa
Anti-apartheid cleric, Dr Richard Ambrose Reeves, Anglican (Church of the Province of South Africa) Bishop of Johannesburg, returned to South Africa from his…
EventStudents support the appointment of Archie Mafeje
More than 200 students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) embarked on a "sit in" to protest against government intervention that forced the university to…
EventWiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police
… 2012)| CQ University , (2011), ‘New book talks about a land of limbo’ , [online], available at uninews.cqu.edu.au …
”The African Mine Workers’ Strike-A National Struggle.”flyer issued by the ANC Youth League, August 1946
The African Mine Workers have risen in revolt against the most brutal, callous and inhuman exploitation of man by man in the history of mankind. Their…
EventMigrant workers ransack Phola Park
In the middle of the night, a group of migrant workers aligned with the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) ransacked the Phola Park squatter camp of East Rand leaving…
Zastron
Zastron lies at the foot of the Aasvoelberg which is the highest peak in the Free State province (2207m, or approx. 7240 imperial feet). Close to the border of…
PlaceXanadu Nature Estate, Hartebeespoort
The beautiful Xanadu Nature Estate, in Hartbeespoort, is set on 240 Hectares and overlooks the majestic Magaliesberg Mountain Range. A natural Wetland runs…